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PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 405 Receipts from such non-Federal sales of the Golden Eagle Passport shall be deposited into the special account established in subsection (i), to be allocated between the Secretaiy of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the same ratio as receipts from admis- sion into Federal fee areas administered by the Secretary of A ^ - culture and the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to subsection (a).". (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(aXlXA) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601- 6a(aXlXA)) is amended by striking the third sentence in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof The annual permit shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date the annual fee is paid.". SEC. 10003. COMMUNICATION SITE FEES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1994, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall assess and collect annual charges for the utilization of existing radio, television, and commercial telephone transmission commu- nication sites located on Federal lands administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management at a level 10 percent above the fee assessed and collected during fiscal vear 1993. For a site located after the enactment of this Act, the charges for fiscal year 1994 shall be equal in amount to the charges assessed for a comparable new site located before the enactment of this Act, plus 10 percent. Subtitle B—Hardrock Mining Claim Maintenance Fee SEC. 10101. FEE. 30 USC 28f. (a) CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEE.—The holder of each unpatented mining claim, mill or timnel site located pursuant to the Mining Laws of the United States, whether located before or after the enactment of this Act, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before August 31 of each year, for years 1994 through 1998, a claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim. Such claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the assessment work requirement contained in the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28-28e) and the related filing requirements contained in section 314 (a) and (c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744 (a) and (c)). (b) TIME OF PAYMENT.—^The claim maintenance fee payable pursuant to subsection (a) for any assessment year shall be paid before the commencement of the assessment year, except that for the initial assessment year in which the location is made, the locator shall pay the claim maintenance fee at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management. The location fee imposed under section 10102 shall be payable not later than 90 days after the date of location. (c) OIL SHALE CLAIMS SUBJECT TO CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992.—This section shall not apply to any oil shale claims for which a fee is required to be paid under section 2511(eX2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (PubUc Law 102-486; 106 Stat. 3111; 30 U.S.(r242). (d) WAIVER.—-(1) The claim maintenance fee required imder this section may be waived for a clcdmant who certifies in writing